I just tried these one step sectional matrixes and absolutely love them. They have the clamp, sectional matrix and wedge in one preassembled unit. Very fast and easy to place. The clamp wedges the teeth apart and another silicone wedge seals the box from below. They are $85 for fifty or $1.70 each. Info on […]
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Tri-Clip – One step sectional matrix
March 1st, 2006 · No Comments
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Top 25 Dental Products – Alginot
October 4th, 2005 · No Comments
We love this new product as an alginate substitute. Handling and set time are ideal. Very fast and accurate. We mix it with the Pentamix. It is made by Kerr and is avaliable from your dental supplier.
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TEMPUR-PEDIC® INTRODUCES NEW DENTAL CHAIR OVERLAY
October 4th, 2005 · No Comments
We have purchased these overlays instead of reupholstering our dental chairs. Much more cost effective, we don’t lose the use of our chairs, and patients LOVE them. Tempur-pedic has a medical division and you get a discount as a dental office. SRP is $695, but you can get it for $320 plus $20 shipping. 1-888-881-9779 […]
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Top 25 Dental Products -Template
September 19th, 2005 · No Comments
This is absolutely the best material to make a matrix for provisional restorations. Many dentists use alginate, putty, or a vacuum-form matrix. These techniques either compromise time or accuracy. Template makes a very accurate quadrant template and sets in 30 seconds with no flash. It is dispensed in a 50 ml cartridge that fits any […]
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Top 25 Dental Products – Maxcem
August 5th, 2005 · No Comments
Maxcem defines the standard for the new class of self-etch, self-adhering resin cements providing excellent bond and mechanical strengths, superb esthetics and unmatched simplicity. A two-part paste/paste, dual-cure resin cement, Maxcem’s innovative and proprietary initiator system allows all the essential ingredients to etch, prime, bond and cement to be combined into one product, offering: Exceptional […]
Tags: Chairside CAD/CAM · Cosmetic Dentistry · Top 25 · Uncategorized
Top 25 Dental Products – Loops with illumination
July 31st, 2005 · No Comments
I cannot imagine practicing dentistry without the aid of magnification and illumination. I started with 2.0x flip ups and have worked my way up to the 4.8x through the lens fixed magnification. It is unbelievable what you can see that you could not see with the naked eye. I use a pair of loupes from […]
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Top 25 Dental Products – Oraqix needle free anestheiic
July 31st, 2005 · No Comments
What are the most dreaded words you can hear from your hygienist when you are in the middle of something? “Doctor, I need a hygiene check, or Doctor, I need anesthesia for my patient.” This product will not help with the first question, but it has just about eliminated the second one in my practice. […]
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Top 25 Products – Dental Marketing
July 30th, 2005 · No Comments
O.K., this is not a product per say, but is perhaps the biggest thing you can do in 2005. Dentistry is finally being presented in the media with a positive spin. Extreme Makeover, The Swan, magazine articles, news clips, etc. are raising awareness of what dentistry can do for the population at large. We need […]
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Top 25 Products – A Great Dental Office Phone System
July 30th, 2005 · No Comments
We have had many different phone systems in our office over the years. Some have cost a small fortune. Four years ago I scrapped our existing phone system an bought a 4-Line Multi-Handset Cordless Phone System from Panasonic. The base station is the only unit that has to br plugged into the phone jacks. All […]
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Top 25 Products – XM Satellite Radio for the dental office
July 30th, 2005 · No Comments
Music in the dental office is very important in creating a relaxed mood. Commercial radio with obnoxious commercials is entirely inappropriate. XM Satellite radio gives you a choice of 150 digital channels that are 100% commercial free. You need a $99 receiver and a $49 antennae that connects to your office receiver with RCA jacks. […]
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